Is every guy going to get a crazy still frame of them yelling, because I can totally get behind that.
So this week is Masa's episode...sort of. He's auditioning for the lead role in a historical musical (yay for clarifying the genre this time!) but he's having problems putting passion into his acting. Namely, there's a scene where the script calls for him to embrace his love interest, but Masa is so ~pure~ that he's convinced that you have to take the hug out for dinner and give it flowers before you think about doing something that crazy. For there on out, the story is basically a condensed version of what we got with Shou last week; he tries to go at it alone, but then the rest of the group bands together to help him, and he manages to make it through because of his love for Haruka, etc., etc.
Also, this happens:
I guess they felt that the BL quotient was too low after the first episode (where did cute-nickname-senpai go?). This scene is made all the funnier a little while later when Tokiya is asked why he's cross-dressing and he replies that there's no one else around to perform the female role. They completely forgot that Haruka was around, which cracks me up. In fact, she doesn't put in a lot of appearances in this episode. Watch out, Haruka! You're coming dangerously close to becoming a cardboard cutout protagonist! (If not booted from the show completely in favor of more BL...)
Anyway, the wacky UtaPri humor was in full force this week, which makes me feel a little bad for Masa since this didn't feel much like a character episode at all. Sure, we get some stuff about his grandfather, but it's overshadowed by the BL fanservice and then Cecil poking his head in again to announce that he still doesn't understand or care for idol culture. Also, that "prisoner" comment he made after Haruka tried to explain her devotion to the group makes it sound like they're setting up for some kind of big drama misunderstanding later on. But that's assuming that UtaPri is capable of foreshadowing, so that could just as easily be nothing. Regardless, my point is there's not a lot of Masa in my Masa episode. But it says a lot about this show that even an episode that doesn't meet my expectations is still really entertaining.
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